July 08, 2026
Accounting giant KPMG LLP fired a manager for complaining that his supervisors fabricated negative performance feedback to justify an unwarranted performance improvement plan after he objected to working on religious holidays, according to a lawsuit filed in Georgia federal court.
July 06, 2026
Original Appalachian Artworks Inc. and Xavier Roberts, widely credited with creating the Cabbage Patch Kids, have been sued for copyright infringement by a man who claims he named the Cabbage Patch Kids brand and created the visual identity that turned the business into a "$4.5 billion global phenomenon."
July 06, 2026
A firearms training provider unlawfully fired an executive because he opposed the CEO's disparagement of military veteran employees as "lazy and unmotivated," according to a lawsuit filed in Georgia federal court.
July 06, 2026
Atlanta History Center's former director of children's experience alleged in a new federal lawsuit that she was put on unpaid administrative leave and ultimately fired after a surgical procedure required her to request light or remote work accommodations.
June 05, 2026
Ventilation company Nortek has hit a rival with allegations that, in response to the rising demand for cooling technology in data centers as a result of the artificial intelligence boom, it "raided" Nortek's employees and misappropriated trade secrets related to such technology.
June 04, 2026
Paper and building products manufacturer Georgia-Pacific shorted hourly workers on overtime by failing to include performance pay and other nondiscretionary compensation in their regular rate of pay, a forklift operator alleged in a proposed collective action in Georgia federal court.
May 20, 2026
Walmart, Gerber Products Co. and several other companies were hit with a suit in federal court claiming that they knowingly manufacture and sell baby foods containing dangerous levels of toxic metals.
May 15, 2026
A Georgia-based steel and metal distributor was hit with a proposed class action in federal court alleging it failed to safeguard the personal data of more than 5.5 million account holders during a February data breach.
May 15, 2026
A former court clerk sued the city of Atlanta and several officials in Georgia federal court, alleging she was fired less than a month after returning from maternity leave in retaliation for whistleblowing, taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act and complaining about workplace misconduct.
May 14, 2026
Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation told a Georgia federal court in a lawsuit against the state Department of Revenue and its commissioner that the state's suspension of an excise tax on highway diesel fuel without extending the suspension to locomotive diesel fuel is "discriminatory taxation" that must be enjoined.